good days

barbiedoll · Post by **barbiedoll** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:14 am

Does anyone else have days that they feel really good and things are going great and all the sudden it's like hitting a brick wall and then I think oh great here I am again. I have recently joined a gym,. I get myself there usually by 9:30 am and I work out for about an hour and a half. It feels so good, then a thought comes in saying now I have to go home and feel lousy again. I've been trying extremeley hard to talk to myself and change my thought proccess on that. I love my home and there are times I almost don't want to go home because it reminds me that I have problem. I feel that way sometimes also when I'm listening to my tapes. When I'm having a good day they remind me that I have anxiety.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:59 am

Well the reason you feel so good after the gym is the endorphins. I sorta have issues like that. My mornings are usually ok, my afternoons pretty crappy and my evenings good. So I sorta feel in the afternoon that it's inevitable that I feel lousy. I'm sure that by itself doesnt cause me to feel losuy, but it doesn't help and probably makes my worry and sadness worse.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:12 am

i have the same problem when i am home and when i listen to the tapes.1am anxious to here some replys.i think i used the wrong word.i look forward to hearing some replys

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:24 am

Hi Barbiedoll,
absolutely. Sometimes I feel like I am doing great and then other times I feel like I'm right back where I've started. My issues are more with depression but what prompted me to start this program was a about with anxiety.
I almost feel manic. Sometimes I feel absolutely great and happy but then a couple hours later I feel down in the dumps. But I know those periods of anxiety and depression are getting shorter but they almost feel more intolerable because I have moments of happiness.
Ricahrd I had difficulty listening to the first two tapes. They made me really uncomfortable and increased my anxiety mostly becausr of the stories. It has been better now that i am on #3.
Faith

jess23 · Post by **jess23** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:07 am

barbiedoll, what you wrote really sounds like me. I could have written the very same things you did. I'm up and down. Feel good at the gym and don't want to go home. The tape lessons make me more anxious because they focus on the fact that I have a problem.
I look forward to hearing more replies too.
~~g~~

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:14 am

When I have good days I start feeling so good that I start making plans for the future. Okay I am going to lose weight and I am going to buy new curtains, upgrade the electrical circuits and all sorts of things run through my head. Then I want to get these things done like yesterday. Then anxiety starts to build like excitement. I then get so overwhelmed, that I don't know where to begin or where the heck the money is going to come from, that my wheels start to turn and now I have new anxiety. I start the big letdown. It's sort of like buyer's guilt. Does this make sense to anyone?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:14 pm

hey i know how u r felling hard to understand some times what happens or changes to make a good day turn bad. stick with it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:50 am

Originally posted by HopfulME:
When I have good days I start feeling so good that I start making plans for the future. Okay I am going to lose weight and I am going to buy new curtains, upgrade the electrical circuits and all sorts of things run through my head. Then I want to get these things done like yesterday. Then anxiety starts to build like excitement. I then get so overwhelmed, that I don't know where to begin or where the heck the money is going to come from, that my wheels start to turn and now I have new anxiety. I start the big letdown. It's sort of like buyer's guilt. Does this make sense to anyone?

I totally get that!! I don't know if this is the wrong approach or not, but I applied my over-thinking and analytical nature to this when I do it. I made a list of the things I wanted to do and then I divided it by how badly I wanted to do them...and then I divided those by the cost (guesstimates!) and worked on the one that was the cheapest and that I wanted the most. Also, I did NOT do what I used to do - set a time limit for me to get it done!!! That is a "should" in my life that I've given myself in the past...and it totally stressed me out!!

I also learned a trick on <A HREF="http://www.flylady.com" TARGET=_blank>www.flylady.com</A> - give yourself 15 minutes to get things done. It's not a race to do it, but permission to stop. That really helped me with getting rid of the "overwhelming" feelings.

Best wishes!
Dawn